By Todd Hartman | The Rocky Mountain News | May 29, 2008
Shell Oil Co. and the Army have agreed to a settlement with Colorado worth $35 million to compensate for decades of environmental contamination linked to chemical weapons and pesticides manufacturing at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

By Suzanne Kapner | CNN Money | May 30, 2008
With gas, grain, and dairy prices exploding, you'd think the biggest seller of corn flakes and Cocoa Puffs would be getting hit by rising food costs. But Wal-Mart has temporarily rolled back prices on hundreds of food items by as much as 30% this year. How? By pressuring vendors to take costs out of the supply chain.

By Amanda | ThinkProgress.com | May 30, 2008
Over the weekend, Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake visited Alaska with Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK). While there, they met with Vietnam veteran John Guinn, who questioned the Secretary about the growing problem of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) amongst veterans. Instead of addressing Guinn’s concerns, Peake dismissed them:

Lee Glenndinning | The Guardian | May 29, 2008
The kitchen knife is the most common weapon used in teenage stabbings, Sir Ian Blair said today, as he revealed that close to 200 weapons have been seized since officers stepped up stop and search measures in response to a spate of recent knife crime.

By Richard Esposito and Anna Schecter | ABC News | May 29, 2008
New York AG Says Company Profited From Individuals That May Have Been Tortured or Executed in China. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says the company that has made millions of dollars with U.S. exhibitions of plasticized human bodies used "the remains of individuals that may have been tortured and executed in China."

By Michel Chossudovsky | theEcologistOnline.org | May 22, 2008
Beware the US military’s experiments with climatic warfare, says Michel Chossudovsky. Rarely acknowledged in the debate on global climate change, the world’s weather can now be modified as part of a new generation of sophisticated electromagnetic weapons. Both the US and Russia have developed capabilities to manipulate the climate for military use. 

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Bush signs up for North American Union without vote or consulting congress and against all
recommendations of congress.

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Multiple war protesters interrupt McCain's Speech in Denver. McCain says the protesters disrupted his free speech but free speech is one thing, propaganda is another. It is illegal to propagandize the American people and that is what his war speech is doing.

By Michael Isikoff & Mark Hosenball | Newsweek | May 28, 2008
A failed restaurant bombing in England last week has raised concerns among U.S. and European counterterrorism officials that Al Qaeda and other radical Islamic groups are recruiting mentally disabled people to carry out suicide attacks.

The Associated Press | May 28, 2008
An automated message system told parents of a large explosion at a southwest Ohio elementary school, sending moms and dads into a panic before officials could clarify that it was all just a drill.

By Beth Hale | Daily Mail | May 27, 2008
For nearly a quarter of a century, Lourdes Maxwell has celebrated the arrival of summer by putting a paddling pool in the garden. This year, however, her two grandchildren and the children of her neighbours may have to find another way to cool off in the heat. Miss Maxwell's local council has decided that the pool - which is only 2ft deep - needs a lifeguard.

WorldNetDaily.com | May 27, 2008
A federal judge has ordered a 30-month prison sentence for a man whose rifle misfired, letting loose three shots at a firing range, prompting 2nd Amendment supporters to warn their constituents how easily they, too, can become a "gun felon."

By Mike Sheehan | RawStory.com | May 27, 2008
In a new tell-all memoir on sale next week, former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan writes that the president depended on propaganda to sell the Iraq war to the American public, The Politico reports.

By Frosty Wooldridge | NewsWithViews.com | May 19, 2008
When you talk to American citizens rather than politically correct editors, publishers, TV producers and talk show hosts, you get to the heart of the matter. As illegal alien migration and mass legal immigration rage into this country like a “Human Katrina”, every American citizen pays financially. Other costs include cultural destruction, linguistic chaos, educational breakdown, incarceration and medical consequences.

Reuters | May 27, 2008
A quick shock from a Taser may have zapped a man's fluttering heart back into a healthy rhythm, doctors reported on Tuesday.

Associated Press | May 24, 2008
A South American union was born Friday as leaders of the region's 12 nations set out to create a continental parliament.

By Harris Whitbeck | CNN | May 27, 2008
The boy looked to be about 12 or 13 years old. Chubby, he struggled a bit with his bicycle as he rode to where we stood. He had a slight smirk as he played a tape that blared music from speakers tied to his bike.

Reuters | May 27, 2008
Multiple combat tours heighten symptoms, say experts. Newly diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the five-year total to more than 38,000, according to U.S. military data released on Tuesday.

ByAnne-Marie Slaughter | The Washington Post | May 25, 2008
In Superclass, Rothkopf, a former managing director of Kissinger Associates and an international trade official in the Clinton Administration, has identified roughly 6,000 individuals who have "the ability to regularly influence the lives of millions of people in multiple countries worldwide." They are the "superclass" of the 21st century, spreading across borders in an ever thickening web, with a growing allegiance, Rothkopf argues, to each other rather than to any particular nation.

TimesOnline.com | May 27, 2008
Hundreds of lorries were parked up on one of the busiest roads into Central London today as drivers took part in a rally against rising fuel prices.

By Mike Pflanz | The Telegraph | May 27, 2008
Sexual abuse of children as young as six by aid workers and United Nations peacekeepers has continued unchecked despite repeated promises to stamp it out, according to a 12-month investigation.

By Colin Fernandez | Daily Mail | May 26, 2008
Coca-Cola is phasing out a controversial additive that has been linked to damage to DNA and hyperactivity in children.

By James Kirkup | RINF.com | May 26, 2008
Mr Davis told the Society of Conservative Lawyers that the widespread use of closed circuit television (CCTV) risks infringing civil liberties. He proposed new rules on the use of CCTV and penalties for people and bodies that use the cameras to invade the privacy of the public. He also promised measures to improve the quality of CCTV footage to aid prosecutions.

By Mary Flood | Houston Chronicle | May 24, 2008
Many lawyers for children and parents in a Texas polygamist sect are boiling mad about the growing number of legal errors they claim the state has made in seizing and holding more than 460 children.

BBC | May 26, 2008
A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google. Google's claim follows Viacom's move to sue the video sharing service for its inability to keep copyrighted material off its site.

By Sarah Fenske | The New Pheonix | May 25, 2008
The businessman was meeting with clients for lunch at Mimi's Café when he noticed the woman. Sitting a few tables over with her 4-year-old boy, she seemed groggy — yet she was drinking a mimosa. It got worse. The woman ordered a glass of white wine, then another. She was so out of it, the businessman would later write in a statement to police, that she looked ready to fall asleep at the table.

By Chuck Baldwin | Baldwin2008.com | May 23, 2008
The American people were led to believe that America’s fine men and women in uniform were sent halfway around the world to Iraq and Afghanistan to fight a “war on terror.” Of course, everyone now knows that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the attacks on September 11, 2001. I am sure that most everyone also remembers that the vast majority of the terrorists who participated in those attacks were from Saudi Arabia, not Iraq. Yet, Saudi leaders continue to enjoy the coziest of relationships–and, dare I say, friendships–with President George W. Bush.

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WeAreChangeLA went out to one of the busiest parts of the entire freeway system in Los Angeles to continue alerting commuters by the thousands during morning and evening rush hour.

PressTV | May 26, 2008
Former US president Jimmy Carter says the Zionist regime possesses 150 nuclear warheads in its arsenal, according to The Times of London. His statement appeared to be the first time a former US president states publicly the amount of nuclear warheads Israel supposedly has in its possession, DPA reported.

By Erin Hildebrandt | Salem-News.com | May 24, 2008
Imagine a town, somewhere in the United States. At the local police station, Officer Joe is pouring himself a cup of coffee at the start of his shift, when a call comes in. A citizen thinks she smells marijuana coming from her neighbor’s house. Joe proceeds to respond to the call, driving the 30 or so odd miles to the house. Just then, another call comes in. An armed man has taken 27 children hostage at the local elementary school – now 25 miles away from Joe’s location.

By Peter Schiff | 321Gold.com | May 23, 2008
It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court, in its ruling this week that U.S. currency is unfair to the blind, did not make the next logical step and declare it unfair to everyone who buys gasoline.

AFP | May 23, 2008
Iran's chief prosecutor said bombers who caused a deadly blast at a mosque in Shiraz had confessed of links to Israel and the United States, the ISNA student news agency reported on Friday.

By Hamid Ahmed | Associated Press | May 26, 2008
Six teenage boys who said they were being trained as suicide bombers were detained Monday in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said.

By Sean Rayment | The Telegraph | May 25, 2008
Iran has secretly paid Iraqi insurgents hundreds of thousands of American dollars to kill British soldiers, according to a leaked government document obtained by The Telegraph.

By Deborah Zabarenko | Reuters | May  26,  2008
The international fight to control climate change heads to a new arena in June when the Senate is to debate a bill that could cut total U.S. global warming emissions by 66 percent by 2050.

By Vikki Miller | The Telegraph | May 24, 2008
New police powers to combat knife crime could cause increased antagonism amongst young people, the Children's Commissioner for England has warned. Police officers can now search people for knives and guns without reasonable suspicion they may be carrying a weapon.

CNN | May 24, 2008
A Saudi Arabian political science professor who is an outspoken human rights advocate was taken into custody this week by the country's secret police, his wife said Friday.

By Julio Godoy | IPS | May 23, 2008
The food crisis has prompted some looks towards genetically modified food production as a solution. That in turn has led to stronger warnings over the consequences of such food for health and the environment.

By Richard Esposito and Brian Ross | ABC News | May 23, 2008
Iran Claims Jundullah, Led by Abdel Malik Regi, Are 'Spies' for the CIA. In another sign of growing tensions with the United States, Pakistan is threatening to turn over to Iran six members of a tribal militant group Iran claims are "spies" for the CIA.

New York Times | May 22, 2008
Does this sound familiar? Muslim men are stripped in front of female guards and sexually humiliated. A prisoner is made to wear a dog’s collar and leash, another is hooded with women’s underwear. Others are shackled in stress positions for hours, held in isolation for months, and threatened with attack dogs.